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first date for both of them

Love the colors in this rose - I took it at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
My little one starts preschool today- have a million feelings swirling inside me.
Have a wonderful week my friends!

Yes this pic is one of the worst I have taken- hate self portraits- this was before I got my DSLR and understood anything about exposure! LOL The lovely and talented Maria tagged me. Check out her stream- it is amazing!
Now the boring bits-
10 things about me
1. I am a child of the King- Jesus is everything to me. I came to know Him when I was 7 and He has always been there. I have tested His word and found it to be true. Matt Redman says it best , "You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm-Oh no, You never let go-In every high and every low,Lord, You never let go of me"
2. I am a 48yo SAHM of a 19yo DS, 16yo DD and a 3yo DS (surprise).
3. I received a college scholarship to attend any school in Illinois which paid room and board too.
4. I graduated college with highest honors(with God's help!), went 6 years , took honors classes and my GPA was 4.98 out of 5. (I took a river rafting trip and got a B - but it was worth it! ;o))
5. I have a BSN degree from the University of Texas and am a registered nurse with a specialty in trauma nursing.
6. I was Head nurse of a 26 bed ICU and on call I was Assistant Nursing Director over 7 ICU's , recovery room and Burn ICU. Was the youngest one they ever had. lol Now -staying at home is the hardest job I have ever had!
7. lisadozknit- well my other hobby is knitting and do all kinds. I taught lessons for the community at our local library for quite a while.
8. My Dh prayed for a wife and got me- his mom and mine worked at the state together, my mom sent pics home with my now MIL and my DH flew to Texas to meet me from IL. He told me after he got off the plane that he was going to marry me- (I thought yeah right bucko- you are nuts!-do not know you!)
Well I did and moved back to IL! God has a sense of humor!
9. I entered a Scrapartist contest for graphic design- ( it was over a month). Out of hundreds of contestants I made it to the end and was 1 of 4 who sold their design kit in the store. I ended up selling over 500 kits for 1 buck each!
It was the first kit I ever designed! LOL I then was hired and sold my stuff at DSAG for over a year until my Mom got ill.
10. Things I enjoy: hearing my little one tell me he loves me, taking walks, coffee, praise and worship, reading , making new friends, altered art, collecting camera lenses ;o) , shooting flowers !

If you made it through- you need an award!
I will be tagging 10 people!

[What you're supposed to do is list 10 things that people may or may not know about you, but they have to be true. Tag 10 people, let them know they are tagged, and remember to link back to the person who tagged you. Post a picture on your stream and list your 10 things and 10 tagged people.]

"...which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.""
Author: Nathaniel Hawthrone
Have a great week! Tonight is the circus in the park a block away! Can't wait= I can see the big top from my back door! Tigers and all- it is a great little circus, much better than the big ones. My little one can't wait!

... of salads, radishes and herbs made me feel like a mother about her baby - how could anything so beautiful be mine. And this emotion of wonder filled me for each vegetable as it was gathered every year. There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown."
Author: Alice B. Toklas
Can you believe it-? not a flower! LOL I just love the color of these cherry tomatoes before they turn red. Another shot with my bargain lens.